Epigenetic control of CD8+ T cell differentiation

AN Henning, R Roychoudhuri, NP Restifo - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Upon stimulation, small numbers of naive CD8+ T cells proliferate and differentiate into a
variety of memory and effector cell types. CD8+ T cells can persist for years and kill tumour …

Tolerance and exhaustion: defining mechanisms of T cell dysfunction

A Schietinger, PD Greenberg - Trends in immunology, 2014 - cell.com
CD8 T cell activation and differentiation are tightly controlled, and dependent on the context
in which naïve T cells encounter antigen, can either result in functional memory or T cell …

Chromatin states define tumour-specific T cell dysfunction and reprogramming

M Philip, L Fairchild, L Sun, EL Horste, S Camara… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Tumour-specific CD8 T cells in solid tumours are dysfunctional, allowing tumours to
progress. The epigenetic regulation of T cell dysfunction and therapeutic reprogrammability …

SARS-CoV-2 specific T cell responses are lower in children and increase with age and time after infection

CA Cohen, APY Li, A Hachim, DSC Hui… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 infection of children leads to a mild illness and the immunological differences
with adults are unclear. Here, we report SARS-CoV-2 specific T cell responses in infected …

Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of effector and memory CD8 T cell differentiation

Y Chen, R Zander, A Khatun, DM Schauder… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Immune protection and lasting memory are accomplished through the generation of
phenotypically and functionally distinct CD8 T cell subsets. Understanding how these …

Distinct epigenetic signatures delineate transcriptional programs during virus-specific CD8+ T cell differentiation

BE Russ, M Olshanksy, HS Smallwood, J Li, AE Denton… - Immunity, 2014 - cell.com
The molecular mechanisms that regulate the rapid transcriptional changes that occur during
cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) proliferation and differentiation in response to infection are …

Glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation play critical roles in natural killer cell receptor-mediated natural killer cell functions

Z Wang, D Guan, S Wang, LYA Chai, S Xu… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphocytes that directly kill tumor and pathogen-infected
cells upon activation by cytokines and NK cell receptors (NKRs) without previous …

Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of CD8+ T Cell Differentiation, Dysfunction and Exhaustion

DJ Verdon, M Mulazzani, MR Jenkins - International Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
T cells follow a triphasic distinct pathway of activation, proliferation and differentiation before
becoming functionally and phenotypically “exhausted” in settings of chronic infection …

Human memory CD8 T cell effector potential is epigenetically preserved during in vivo homeostasis

HA Abdelsamed, A Moustaki, Y Fan, P Dogra… - Journal of Experimental …, 2017 - rupress.org
Antigen-independent homeostasis of memory CD8 T cells is vital for sustaining long-lived T
cell–mediated immunity. In this study, we report that maintenance of human memory CD8 T …

TNF-α/IFN-γ profile of HBV-specific CD4 T cells is associated with liver damage and viral clearance in chronic HBV infection

H Wang, H Luo, X Wan, X Fu, Q Mao, X Xiang… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background & Aims The role of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-specific CD4 T cells in patients with
chronic HBV infection is not clear. Thus, we aimed to elucidate this in patients with chronic …